Request for Public Comments on Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education Program Process Evaluation

The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in collaboration with the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), is seeking public comments on a proposed data collection activity for the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Grant Program Process Evaluation. The evaluation aims to explore the implementation of the program, identify successes and barriers, and inform future evaluation efforts. The proposed data collection includes semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and web surveys with LEA staff, school administrators, and staff tasked with implementing the HTYPE curriculum.

Key Takeaways:

• The HTYPE Demonstration Grant Program was awarded to eight local educational agencies in September 2020, with a period of performance of 36 months.
• The proposed data collection activity will investigate and document how HTYPE projects approach and accomplish the goals of the HTYPE Demonstration Grant Program.
• The evaluation will inform ACF's efforts to support human trafficking prevention education in schools and inform future evaluation efforts.
• The proposed information collection includes one-time, semi-structured interviews or focus groups with LEA staff and implementers, one-time interviews with school staff related to the HTSSP, and one-time web surveys with school administrators and implementers.
• Respondents will include LEA staff who have been involved in the HTYPE demonstration programs, including school leadership/administrators, curriculum implementers, and staff who have received human trafficking training.
• The estimated total annual burden hours for the proposed data collection activity are 745 hours.

Statistics:

• Eight HTYPE Demonstration Program project grants were awarded in September 2020.
• The proposed data collection activity will involve 192 LEA staff, 24 school staff related to the HTSSP, 321 school administrators, and 1,437 implementer staff.
• The average burden per response for the HTYPE Training Implementation Interview/Focus Group Guide is 1.5 hours.
• The total/annual burden for the HTYPE Training Implementation Interview/Focus Group Guide is 288 hours.
• The estimated total annual burden hours for the proposed data collection activity are 745 hours.

Sources:

• 22 U.S.C. 7103.
• [FR Doc. 2022-26224 Filed 12-1-22; 8:45 am]
• www.reginfo.gov
• opreinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov